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Race #3 in the Locorunning “Will Run For Beer” Series)

Why are there no photos in this blog entry? Why no photos of this race?

Because I’m not there.

I pre-registered for the Half at the Hamptons, and looked forward to it. I think of it as a good benchmark in my training for Boston…

…but right now I can’t run. Can’t even walk. I get sudden, intense pain in my, err, butt with every step, no matter how gently I try to move. So I

Just. Can’t. Walk.

Hope to recover soon. But for now, no races.

(I am only including this page because later this year you might want to click on the link at the right, labelled “Will Run for Beer”…and I don’t want you to wonder, What happened to Race #3 in the Series?)

Race #3 is happening just fine. But, alas, it is happening without me.

I have a terrific time whenever I run a race in Lowell. And the Super 5K has a special place in my heart.

I first ran it in 2006, and set a PR. To make that day even more sweet, I discovered that the race director, Jim Rhoades, had arranged for photographs to be taken of the runners…and when I went to his website I found a photo of me, running.

(But Jim didn’t take that photo, above. I did, by reaching out and back and snapping the photo as I ran.)

That photo in 2006 was a first for me. I’d never seen myself running. Never knew that people photographed runners in a race! It was a surprise, and a thrill.

Today there are no surprises. The weather is ideal: with temperature hovering a 30 degrees, and no wind. The roads are dry and we couldn’t ask for better conditions.

I’m running run with a camera, and taking pictures as I run. (Yes, I take photos as I run. I don’t stop or slow down. After all, I’m in a race!) If you click on the “Play” button in the center of the photo below, you can view my slideshow, and get a first-person experience of the 2009 Super 5K in Lowell, MA: